London Fashion Week won't ban skinny models
Instead, organizers ask designers to use ‘healthy’ people on catwalk
LONDON - Organizers of London Fashion Weeksaid Thursday they would not ban ultra-thin models from the catwalk,
but stressed they had asked designers to use only “healthy” people in
their shows.
The
British Fashion Council said barring stick-thin models — as fashion
weeks in Madrid and Milan have done — “is neither desirable nor
enforceable.”
The
council, a consortium of major fashion retailers and publishers that
oversees London’s twice-yearly fashion weeks, said it recognized its
responsibility to help promote a healthy body image.
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